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How I Prioritize

I’ve realized that I prioritize in a pretty different way than others. I don’t know that my way is the best way for everyone, but by sharing it I think I may at least expose a few ideas that will be useful for others.

One of my very top priorities is self sufficiency. Not in the prepper sort of way, but just that I want to make sure I can completely take care of all of my needs without imposing upon anyone else. By doing this I can ensure that I have a good life and also that I have the maximum capacity to direct my attention towards other people.

The obvious expression of this is having developed a very satisfying yet extremely inexpensive lifestyle (even with the “luxuries” in my life, I can easily live under $1000/mo) as well as enough effort-independent income to cover those costs permanently. But